CLASSIFICATION OF ORAL NARRATIVES.

Oral narratives are classified on the basis of:

Social function.

        Some entertain whereas others warn, educate or discourage certain vices in the society.

• Content.

        This is what they are about or what they entail e.g. in dilemma narratives where a character is faced with two situations that are tough to decide which one to take.

• Characters

        E.g. animal tales contain animal characters and monster narratives contain a monster character.

• Plot

Sequence of events in a story.